Bleeping out titles reveals a really strange logic around. Author deirdre mccloskey, professor emerita of economics at the university of illinois at chicago, discussed capitalism and socialism. You need to know how to write a book description, preferably a great one. The description is a readers first experience with the content of your book. And thats how i wrote the book description for a super famous book that i happen to love. Your book description is what customers see as they shop the kindle store. Book editors often are looking to discover new talent, publish them as unknowns, and then continue working with them as they build bigger audiences. Supported html for book description your book description is often a readers first experience with the content of your book. See the winners in the only major book awards decided by readers.
How to write a book description that attracts readers. This could be the description for a book that has been lost in a warehouse for years, never shelved, thumbed or even opened yet may still be some years old. A wellwritten description assures readers that the book itself is of similar quality. Think of it like the inside flap of a hardcover book. Presentation copy a book inscribed by the author to someone else usually of importance to the author, the book, or society in general.
How to write an amazon book description that sells. Halberstam was surprised to learn that the description of his book trans, along with books about nazis, had been redacted. Fiction selections reflect the genres readers like best. After two years of research and hundreds of descriptions written, the data shows that properly written descriptions can get the job done in ten clicks. Book where the main character or characters fall in love. How to write a book description that will sell your book. Book metadata may sound complicated, but it consists of all the information that describes your book, including.
Capture readers with better book descriptions for fiction. A great book description on amazon will engage readers and sell books. Usa todays bestselling books list ranks the 150 topselling titles each week based on an analysis of sales from u. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. A book description should draw the reader in, but authors tend to get too flowery with these. If you were about to leave this planet, what would you. Ioba book terminology independent online booksellers.
Its one of the first things potential readers see and if it doesnt immediately hook their interest, they will move on to the next book. How a great amazon book description can help indie authors. While the amazon book description wont affect traffic i. Booksellers use standard terms to describe the condition of the used books that they sell. I looked along the books on the shelf, there it was, the black shiny leather looked well kept. There are two metadata fields for your book description. Chances are your friends are discussing their favorite and least favorite books on goodreads.
Amazon descriptions can be up to 4,000 characters usually around 600700 words, and i kept mine under 2,000 characters. If you have been involved in kindle publishing, then youve likely heard about using amazon html codes in your product descriptions. Find the books you want all in one place and at prices youll love. Browse books in the genre that matches the basic description you remember of the book. Join the conversation follow on instagram add kristins books to your goodreads list. Supported html for book description your book description is often a readers first. Examples of good book descriptions cameron herold s vivid vision. That does, however, lead me to the differences between fiction and nonfiction when it comes to book descriptions. The same authorandartist team that created the evergreen title only one takes children on tour of shops, the firehouse, and more via a simple, soothing text and extraordinary woodblock illustrations. An authors guide, comes a new book on the art of copywriting for descriptions.
This unique book uses a busy city neighborhood to teach the concept of one versus many. After starting the sell more books show with jim kukral, bryan used his copywriting experience to create best page forward, a book descriptions business. Even for someone like me who writes down every book i read and have since high school, there are times i remember a scene or pieces of a book s story that make me realize ive forgotten the title or author and i desperately want to reconnect with the book. An important aspect of a book editors job is to cultivate relationships with authors. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. After your cover, the product description of your book is the first experience the reader has with you as an author. Remember with 4,500 books published every day in this country, you cant afford to have some vague book description, you must state clearly why this book is the best one they can buy. How to write a book description that sells the writing cooperative. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. I just provided a quick summary, copied and pasted something from my conclusion, and called it a day. Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to help you find a book by description. Find the book you want to change the description for and click edit details. The book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. They were adopted by the bookselling community and are still in use today.
Curious to know another total nerd secret about me. A book description is one of the most crucial elements to selling your book if not the crucial element, and yet its often the hardest thing for writers to come up with. The set of terms below were proposed in 1949 by ab bookmans weekly. As the creator of the story, authors dont want to leave anything out. Dune was followed in its creation of complex and unique ecologies by other science fiction books such as a door into ocean 1986 and red mars 1992. The amazon html better book description tool is an editing tool that allows kdp authors to easily create great looking amazon product descriptions with a few clicks of the button.
Booksellers are individuals and as such may have what they think is the best book description definitions. In relatively few words, youll need to convince readers to buy your book and not one of the millions of other books competing for their time, attention, and money. Target is bleeping out book descriptions, removing words. Best page forward premium book descriptions and author. When writing this description, think like a buyer, and not like the author. You may stumble upon the book quickly, or you might see similar or related titles that will jog your memory and help you remember the title of the book you seek.
Dune responded in 1965 with its complex descriptions of arrakis life, from giant sandworms for whom water is deadly to smaller, mouselike life forms adapted to live with limited water. Home rare books book collecting guide abebooks glossary of book terms. Better book tools amazon html kindle description code. This is why writing an effective description is one of the best ways to promote your book. In the trade, an honest book description should disclose all sophistications. How to improve your amazon book descriptions jane friedman. Books where the plot is set at least thirty years before the time the author writes the book. How to write a book description that sells with examples. Historical fiction is also broken up into different time frames and subcategories. In this post on how to write a book description, weve condensed the process for both fiction and nonfiction authors into three steps. This uber nerd got to work on one of his favorite books and help so it will sell better. Many corporations have slick, flashy mission statements.
Tell us what titles or genres youve enjoyed in the past, and well give you surprisingly insightful recommendations. As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in. For example, religious, historical fiction, and world war 2 historical fiction are both subgenres. How to write your book sales description with bryan cohen. A typical description might convert one click in thirty into a new reader. In other words, if a bookseller has commissioned repairs of a book, all such repairs. The ioba book condition definitions standards codify these condition definitions so that ioba booksellers have a guideline for describing their books. Browse by genre at a large online bookstore that carries a wide variety of titles. A wellwritten and formatted description piques readers interest and assures them that your book is of high quality.
How to write an amazon book description that sells reedsy blog. Ninetynine percent of authors will only write a book synopsis in the description. Tucker has sold over 5 million books as a 4x nyt bestselling author and is the. The book description, often overlooked as a means to drive traffic to your page, is also a great place to use keywords.
Welcome to fantastic fiction search and browse bibliographies of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors, with the latest books and series information join our 99,999 members. There or just inside the cover, the author has written a blurb or description about the book. Gale books and authors is a readers goto site for everything. I think traditional published book descriptions tend to have this problem a little bit too. Little secrets, the new husband, the book of lost friends, the. How to change your book s description in amazons dashboard. In this guide, we will walk you through how to write and create a book description, and include some examples of authors who did it well, and those who didnt. The title page, near the beginning of the book, lists the title and subtitle of the book, the authors, editors, andor contributors, the publisher or printer, and sometimes the place and date of. Book tv presents coverage of the 2020 savannah book festival. Check out which masterclass i took after checking out all the courses from topnotch authors. I take it you are deprived in life and dont have an old book to take off the bookshelves. How to find a book by description with these tips, tricks. Heres a screenshot of this book, how to sell a truckload of books on amazon. Theres a tendency to want to put every little element in the book in there.
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